Union-garment



B. (DUSTER.

UNlON GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED 0CT.22, 1918.

1,392,303. Patented Oct. 4, 1 21.

INVENTOR WITNESSES fiFmi/ fw/ar ATTORNEY UNITED STATES BESSIE cos'ra'a, or sA'rANrA, Kansas UNION-GARMENT.

and drawer portions.

One object of the invention is to provide a garment of this character in which the seat and crotch can be readily drawn up by the wearer so as to make a snug fit as may be desired.

Another objeotis to provide a garment of this character having a seat flap provided with a single seam u the back made sulficiently long to perm1t ample room for sit tin to render the garment comfortable.

other object is to provide a garment of this character in which all of the adjustments made may be at the front and in an extremely easy manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood .that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention hlerein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a garment constructed in accordance with this invention, the leg portions being broken off at their lower ends,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. In the embodiment illustrated a shirt portion 1 is shown and a drawer portion 2 made in one piece as is usual in arments of this character, the-drawers having a seat flap 3 which is adapted to be dropped downwardly to uncover the seat opening.

The seat flap 3 is designed to extend up over the rear of the shirt portion 1 so that a double thickness is formed at this portion of the garment, as is shown clearly in Figs.

2 and 3. The juncture of the flap'3 with the drawer portion 2 is reinforced as shown at 5 to prevent tearing at this point.

A belt 6 is secured to the upper edge of the flap 3 and is extended at its opposite Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed October 22, 1918. Serial No. 259,222.

ends beyond the side edges of said flap and is preferably provided with elastic inserts 7 to render the. garment comfortable, especially when used by old persons or by persons having large abdomens. The free ends ,8 of the belt are provided with longitudinally spaced fasteners here shown in the form of buttonholes 9 formed in one end and buttons 10 carried by the other end A plurality of these fastening elements are provided so as to render the belt comfortable and to hold their ends in lapped relation.

Loops 11 are formed in alinement with the under arm seams of the garment and at points adjacent the top of flap 3 and are designed to receive the belt ends so as to hold the flap against when in adjusted operative position and to operate as guides for the belt when the flap is being raised or lowered.

The belt loops are located at the sides of the garment in substantial alinement with the edge of the drop flap when in closed position. The invention herein permits the lowering and automatic retraction of the flap without disengaging the ends of the belt members from each other and retains the flap in proper position.

The flap 3 has a single seam 12 u its center in alinement with the crotch o the vertical movement a person riding in a saddle 'or sittin on.

hard chairs, acter having two seams.

The foregoing description and the drawing have reference to what may be considered the preferred or' approved form of my to be understood that I may invention. It is make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as mayv prove expedient and fall within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a union garment, a drop flap provided with a pair of belt members at its u per ends adapted to extend around the of the body of the wearer, said belt members provided with elastic sections, belt loopsformed on the garment at the sides of the garment and in substantial alinement the usual garment of this 0 aront with the upper edge of the drop flap when sired without disengaging the ends of the 10 in closed position, said belt members passbelt members from each other.

-ing thron h and being retained in posltion In testimony whereof I 'a fiix my signatur by said be t loops and means for adjustabl y in presence of two Witnesses.

connecting the ends of said belt members to- BESSIE GUSTER gether w ereby the circumference of said belt members may be increased or dimin- Witnesses:

ished, said elastic inserts in the belt per-i L. O. STANLEY, mitting the drop seat to be lowered as de-L EVA M. LOCKWOOD. 

